The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 450

Health And Safety

The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

13th December 2012

Coming into operation

14th January 2013

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment(1) being the Department concerned(2) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1), 17(3), 45(1), 45(2) and 55(2) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(3) (“the 1978 Order”).

The Regulations give effect without modifications to proposals submitted to it by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under Article 13(1A)(4) of the 1978 Order after the Executive had carried out consultations in accordance with Article 46(3)(5).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 14th January 2013.

Revocation

2.  The following instruments are revoked:

(a) Regulations, dated 2nd January 1913, for the Manufacture and Decoration of Pottery;(6)

(b) The Employment Medical Advisory Service (Factories Act Legislation Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979;(7)

(c) Health and Safety (Foundries etc.) (Metrication) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982;(8)

(d) Non-ferrous Metals (Melting and Founding) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1964;(9)

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 13th December 2012.

Jackie Kerr

A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke four Statutory Rules. The four instruments contain provisions which have in large part been revoked by other instruments or contain amendments to instruments which have been subsequently revoked. More recent legislation now applies in relation to activities the subject of the instruments.

(1)

Formerly the Department of Economic Development; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(5); that Department was formerly the Department of Manpower Services, see S.I. 1982/846 (N.I. 11), Article 3

(2)

See Article 2(2) of S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

(3)

S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)

(4)

Article 13(1) was substituted by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 4

(5)

Article 46(3) was amended by S.I. 1998/2795 (N.I. 18), Article 6(1) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 8 and 18

(6)

S.R. & O. 1913/2

(7)

S.R. 1979 No.187

(8)

S.R. 1982 No.185

(9)

S.R. 1964 No.46